The Country of...
Norway!

-Norway flag and coast of arms- -The Norway Map-

-Major Government The major government is called Constitutional monarchy.
-The Major Religion is Evangelical Lutheranism.
-Language Spoken is Norwegian. there is 2 types of Norwegian is Bokmål and Nynorsk.
Here are some words of both types of Norwegian...

(B= bokmål; N= nynorsk)
one	en (B); ein (N)
two	to
three	tre
four	fire
five	fem
six	seks
seven	sju (N and B); syv (B)
eight	åtte
nine	ni
ten	ti
church	kirke (N); kyrkje (B)
breakfast	frukost (N); frokost (B)
open	open (N); åpen (B)
closed	stengd (N); stengt (B)

-The leader is a king named Harald V.
-The Brief historyof Norway is...

c. 900

Harald I united Norway.

1349-1350

An epidemic of plague killed about half the people of Norway.

1380	Norway was united with Denmark.

1536	Norway became a Danish province. Lutheranism was made Norway's official religion.

1905	Norway became independent.

1940-1945

German troops occupied Norway in World War II.

1945	Norway joined the United Nations.

1949	Norway became a member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.

1960	Norway and six other nations formed the European Free Trade Association.

1967	Norway began its greatest welfare program, which combined many established social security plans under the National Insurance Act.

1970's

Norway began producing petroleum and natural gas from North Sea fields, greatly stimulating the economy.

-The currency(money) is: Basic unit—Norwegian krone. One hundred ore equal one krone.
-The major traditions are...
Holidays: January 1 (New Year's Day); March 20 (Maundy Thursday); March 21 (Good Friday); March 24 (Easter Monday); May 1 (Labor Day, Ascension Day); May 12 (Whit Monday); May 17 (Constitution Day); December 24 (Christmas Eve); December 25-26 (Christmas); December 31 (New Year's Eve).
Food: Norwegians eat 4 meals a day, but the main one is called middag, a hot meal usually eaten between 4:00 and 6:00 PM. A typical middag meal would be fish served with boiled potatoes and vegetables.
-The Climate of Norway is temperatures up to 3°C (38°F) in January and 19°C (66°F) in July
-Population: 4,627,926
-Geography: Area: 324,220 square kilometers (125,182 square miles)
-Some major resources are petroleum, natural gas, iron ore, copper, lead, zinc, titanium, pyrites, nickel, fish, timber, hydropower.
-Some tourist attractions...

Norwegian Glacier Museum

"The Scream" is a painting by the Norwegian artist Edvard Munch.

Median Family Income: The typical marriage age for men is 25-30 and for women 20-25.

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